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For the 70th anniversary of the tragic loss of the SS Normandie, Admiralty Modelworks announces the upcoming release of their 1/700 SS Normandie. The Normandie met its tragic end in New York harbor while under refit to transform her into a troop ship.

The Admiralty team has created a 1/700 model of this Liner. Not only in her original fit of 1935, but also in her later fit of 1938.

The model will also include the option of a lower hull, and will have the usual Admiralty Model Works refinements. Turned brass tapered masts, turned brass tapered Yardarms and a detailed Photo-etch set and waterslide decals.

From Wikipedia
SS Normandie was an ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. She entered service in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat; she is still the most powerful steam turbo-electric-propelled passenger ship ever built. Her novel design and lavish interiors led many to consider her the greatest of ocean liners. Despite this, she was not a commercial success and relied partly on government subsidy to operate. During service as the flagship of the CGT, she made 139 transatlantic crossings westbound from her home port of Le Havre to New York and one fewer return. Normandie held the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing at several points during her service career, during which the RMS Queen Mary was her main rival.
During World War II, Normandie was seized by the United States authorities at New York and renamed USS Lafayette. In 1942, the liner caught fire while being converted to a troopship, capsized onto her port side and came to rest on the mud of the Hudson River at the New York Passenger Ship Terminal. Although salvaged at great expense, restoration was deemed too costly and she was scrapped in October 1946.

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